by jpitney | Apr 30, 2025 | California Politics
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle at LAT: LAFD union leaders have padded their own paychecks with overtime, even as they complained that the LAFD did not have enough money to keep the city safe. Union President Freddy Escobar more than doubled his base salary with...
by jpitney | Apr 29, 2025 | California Politics, Public Service
Megan Myscofski at CapRadio: 916 Ink is a Sacramento nonprofit that provides reading and writing tutors to local students. Executive Director Ian Hadley says AmeriCorps volunteers make up just over half of its workforce, but he received a notice Sunday night ending...
by jpitney | Apr 28, 2025 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Allysia Finley at WSJ: California is losing jobs—54,800 during the first three months of this year. Valero this month announced plans to close a major refinery, portending gasoline shortages and price spikes. Insurance and electricity rates are soaring. Fifty-four...
by jpitney | Apr 28, 2025 | Congress, Economic Policy, Trade
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The first tangible sign of bipartisan pushback to the president’s tariffs occurred in the Senate where Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a bill to undo the 25 percent tariff against Canadian goods. On April 3, that measure passed, 51-48,...
by jpitney | Apr 27, 2025 | Congress, Law
Bruce Mehlman compares the number of executive orders and laws during the first hundred days of recent presidents:
